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Leslie Jordan passed away connected Oct. 24 astatine the property of 67 aft crashing his car into the broadside of a gathering successful Hollywood aft seemingly suffering a aesculapian emergency. While the details surrounding the decease of the Will & Grace star were few, the fig of radical shocked by the abrupt nonaccomplishment of this comedic titan was many. Following the quality of his death, galore of Leslie’s chap A-listers flocked online to publically mourn and grieve. Some, similar George Takei, remembered Leslie for his “mirth” and joy; others similar Lynda Carter thanked him for “keeping america each laughing” during the caller pandemic years. Most knew him arsenic a joyousness some successful beforehand and distant from the cameras.
“My bosom is broken,” wrote Sean Hayes, the first of the Will & Grace cast to memorialize Leslie. “[He] was 1 of the funniest radical I ever had the pleasance of moving with, Everyone who ever met him, loved him. There volition ne'er beryllium anyone similar him.” As the satellite adjusts to the abrupt daze of Leslie’s passing, spot the tributes from celebrities below.
Leslie Jordan (Damian Dovarganes/AP/Shutterstock)Viola Davis
“Oh no!!! Leslie!! I person thing but the fondest memories of you portion filming The Help,” tweeted Viola Davis following the quality of her costar’s passing. “I’d ne'er been successful the beingness of anyone who loved beingness and radical arsenic overmuch arsenic you. Your bosom was arsenic large arsenic your humor. You lived. You took up space. You were present. Rest well!”
George Takei
George Takei was 1 of the archetypal large stars to mourn Leslie Jordan. “I americium stunned astatine the decease of Leslie Jordan, who delighted america with his galore roles connected tv and film,” tweeted the Star Trek alum and Leslie’s chap LGBTQ+ icon. “The origin of decease was a car clang aft helium suffered a aesculapian emergency. Leslie, we are heartbroken astatine your nonaccomplishment and volition miss your mirth and your inimitable spirit.”
I americium stunned astatine the decease of Leslie Jordan, who delighted america with his galore roles connected tv and film. The origin of decease was a car clang aft helium suffered a aesculapian emergency. Leslie, we are heartbroken astatine your nonaccomplishment and volition miss your mirth and your inimitable spirit.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) October 24, 2022
Lynda Carter
Though Leslie’s IMDB is afloat of star-making credits – from Will & Grace to The Help to Call Me Kat to American Horror Story (and adjacent a relation successful Jason Goes TO Hell: The Final Friday) – immoderate whitethorn person travel to Leslie from his bid of videos that helium posted passim the COVID-19 lockdowns. Dubbed “the Ideal quarantine companion” by The New Yorker, helping radical to marque it done the uncertainty of those archetypal fewer months.
“Leslie Jordan enactment a grin connected the faces of truthful many, particularly with his pandemic videos,” tweeted Lyndia Carter pursuing quality of his death. “What a feat to support america each laughing and connected successful specified hard times… It feels truthful cruel that this could hap to specified a beauteous soul.”
Leslie Jordan enactment a grin connected the faces of truthful many, particularly with his pandemic videos. What a feat to support america each laughing and connected successful specified hard times… It feels truthful cruel that this could hap to specified a beauteous soul. https://t.co/JKj2t8Km7A
— Lynda Carter (@RealLyndaCarter) October 24, 2022
Loni Love
“The past clip I worked with Leslie Jordan… we impermanent co-hosted The Talk,” tweeted Loni Love, who shared 2 photos of her alongside her person and erstwhile co-host. ”Leslie was truthful overmuch amusive to beryllium around, ever had a comic communicative and helium inspired maine to support going successful an manufacture that could beryllium ageist … I volition miss you my friend.. Mama is waiting connected you.
RuPaul’s Drag Race
The authoritative relationship of RuPaul’s Drag Race tweeted a photograph of the clip that Leslie Jordan was connected the show, on with a touching message. “Rest successful peace, Leslie Jordan. Thank you for the countless laughs and for sharing your tone with america all.”
Patrick Starr
Following the quality of Leslie’s death, constitution creator and YouTuber Patrick Starr tweeted, “Rest successful paradise to an icon and nationalist treasure, Leslie Jordan.” While sharing a video of Leslie, Patrick added, “Rest successful bid to an unthinkable fable that volition unrecorded connected forever, Leslie Jordan. Thank you for the countless laughs and unforgettable memories you gave us
Rest successful paradise to an icon and nationalist treasure, Leslie Jordan 🤍
— PATRICKSTARRR (@patrickstarrr) October 24, 2022
Thank you for the countless laughs and unforgettable memories you gave america 🤍
— PATRICKSTARRR (@patrickstarrr) October 24, 2022
Marle Matlin
“I’m truthful bittersweet to work the quality of Leslie Jordan’s passing,” tweeted Marlee Matlin. “He was specified a pleasance to enactment with connected my archetypal TV series, Reasonable Doubts. He was astatine the apical of his crippled and had truthful overmuch to look guardant to. He exuded JOY and LAUGHTER. RIP beloved Leslie.”
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